How do i install foglights?

Ser_Egg

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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2005
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Subaru Forester SG series 1
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5Spd Manual
Im getting close to buying lights. I got a subaxtreme front bar brand new from subaxtreme but its a for series 2 SG but i think they lined it up to fit a series 1, either way its been on there for a couple months. With the series 2 SX bullbar it has the fog light holes where as the Series 1 version doesnt. I need to buy the lights (can i change these?) and brackets which isnt a problem but i would like to know how to wire it up. Will the wiring already be installed and all i have to do is plug them in or what else is needed. Everything is unclear and i cannot find any hard resources to follow

Cheers Egg
 
It wouldn't surprise me if the wiring was there somewhere for the fog lights. I've found wiring in mine that I'm pretty sure was for higher level foresters than mine: in the side mirrors (for heated mirrors perhaps, or side indicators), I've also got a vague memory of there being extra plugs near the headlights.
Would the relay be installed (probably not)? and then you'd have to find a genuine switch (or not, but would be nice) and work out where and how to plug that into the loom too...
I've found it hard to find genuine switches, but you'd think they'd be turning up in the wreckers..
 
I wouldnt think there would be a relay i havent looked. As for switches, missile switches will do me fine or ill hook em directly into the the low beams so they turn on when the normal lights do, even if it is illegal.
 
Out of interest, does it have 3 antenna tabs? If so, it's the one they sent me that didn't fit my S2 properly.

Just get 2 foglights from a S2, the plugs may be the same, but if not, you can either cut your plugs off and solder some plugs off a S2 on, or use some jumpers.

You will need the switch, and a mini relay for the fusepanel under the steering wheel. All wiring is already there
 
Out of interest, does it have 3 antenna tabs? If so, it's the one they sent me that didn't fit my S2 properly.
Yeah there are 3 tabs on it but the guard between the headlights and the bullbar is way out of place so i will have to do some mods to get that flush and neat. Also where can i get are relay from and what is the type. car electronics i am least familiar with
 
Yeah there are 3 tabs on it but the guard between the headlights and the bullbar is way out of place so i will have to do some mods to get that flush and neat. Also where can i get are relay from and what is the type. car electronics i am least familiar with

Yeah, that's the one that they sent to me, but didn't fit mine because it's 40mm shorter, and shorter hoops.

Relay is just a generic Mini Relay, or you can grab a relay out of a wreck
 
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